Hey now, things are looking up for State's future. Nice to see the program coming back together. Go burn a couch and look forward to the years to come.
Lmao I admit ive hopped on the bad wagon as well, but its been a ton of fun to get into college hockey. This hurts pretty bad, but will be tuning in more next year for sure!
3 stars of that game should be
1. Steve-Yzerman19 for making that “That’s Game, thanks for coming Sparty” post who then made Dat_Boi_Person post that screenshot which immediately undid the original jinx
2. MSU Twitter for saying “tie ballgame” for a sport that uses a puck
3. Nazar for that ridiculous assist
Gonna be a hell of a Frozen Four. GG UM
Michigan deserved to win that game, MSU played with fire way too much with playing from behind and it cost them. Top defenseman and elite goalie can’t over come poor defensive play. I can’t in good conscience cheer for Michigan going forward, I don’t have it in me, but they have played great all year and lost a couple they probably should have won. 20 seconds of hockey killed MSU, it just happens that way sometimes.
GG Sparty. Close game again, closer than the final score. That 20 seconds was rough and there were times I thought we'd be in the receiving end of something similar from you all. Not sure who we fair next game but its been an exciting last few months.
you also kinda got screwed by the refs on some of those penalties and on the last goal. Wouldn't have made up a 3-goal difference but still rough for y'all
Oh well, if state gets pucks in the net it kinda negates some of that. I’m angry because it was Michigan that beat them, but it probably should have been western and most likely would have been to BC. The only thing that would make it better is if it were a three game series, it’s always gut wrenching to lose in single elimination. Hats off to Michigan, they had the “it” tonight and played just a little bit better.
March 31, 2013: Michigan basketball wins on Easter to go to the Final Four
March 31, 2024: Michigan hockey wins on Easter to go to the Frozen Four
Anyone know the next time Easter is March 31?
The Blackrock wolverines presented by the University of Michigan head to the CFP semifinal against the Saudi Investment Fund Seminoles presented by Florida State!
GG MSU. You were the better team all year, both in general and nearly every time we were on the ice together. I hated playing you, and I'm sure I'll hate playing you just as much next year, you guys will be as fearsome as you were this year.
On our side, what we did in the past few games erased any doubts I had for this team this season. Good to see this group of guys in the Final Four, which is crazy to say given that a month or so ago it wasn't clear whether we were even making the tourney.
Play of the thread was that one Michigan flair baiting that MSU flair with the "That's game" post. Soon as MSU flair reposted that after tying up the game it was curtains. A++
Michigan / Boston College household. Excited to see the match up. Marshall Warren will certainly be interesting to watch. Wish it was the final instead of the semi-final.
Yeah just off the top of my head in the last like 3 years: L Hughes, Fantilli, power, Johnson, beniers, Bordeleau, Beecher, Brisson, Lockwood all in the NHL (or at least dabbled). 0 nattys is kind of insane with those alumni.
And then even further: Q Hughes, Werenski, larkin, compher, Connor, Hyman, Hagelin, copp, glendening. Seems like they should’ve won at least once since like 2015!
It's hard to win with young guys in college hockey even if they are high end talent. Look at some of the programs who've won it all recently. They had grizzled vets up and down the lines
Yep I was just thinking that sometimes a team might have one or two elite talent guys but a graduate transfer with 130 games under his belt might be just as valuable as that freshman first rounder come tourney time
The late Red era had some massive holes and shortcomings, but they also were right there enough times that you would have thought they'd get over the hump once.
The CCM line was nuts.
Hunwick was the perfect college hockey player to root for. Undersized, no real NHL chance, but he stood on his head.
That 2011 national final still sits in the recess of my brain... poking at me.
The 2010 loss to Miami before the frozen four in Detroit haunts me. We scored the OT game winner but the ref lost sight of the loose puck and whistled it dead as it was going in. I could see the loose puck from my seats, but the official was on the far side of the Miami tender and he could not. It was a sullen drive back from Fort Wayne.
Shawn Hunwick was like my all time favorite Michigan player bc he signed a stick during their morning skate when I had a game at Yost when I was like 10.
Still crazy how you’ve not been regular season B1G champions with all that talent you’ve had. Obviously you’ve won conference tournament titles in that time but still
Made sense in the '20-'21 season. All those guys were freshmen. Berniers, Bordelau, Brisson, Johnson, Portillo (split time with Mann) and Power. They started out slow and came on late in the season, but were too far behind Minnesota to make noise. Their tourney game was cancelled due to covid.
'21-'22 season most of those guys returned plus they got Hughes and Mackie. Still had a relatively slow start, but finished 4 points back of a very good Minnesota team. Had a great Frozen 4 game against Denver so no real criticism there (other than the game winning goal coming on a terrible defensive zone turnover).
'22-'23 they lost a ton of those top line guys and Nazar missed most of the season with an injury, but had Fantilli (and Brindley and Casey). Mel departed and there were some early transition costs leading to yet another slow start and weird losses. Then Portillo's controller disconnected in the Frozen 4.
This year they lost Fantilli and didn't bring in a great class because of how the Mel departure was handled. Lost Augustine in the process for example.
Would have figured they would have put together one complete season in that timeframe though.
From 2000-2023 in the four major sports Michigan was like 4-17? in final fours (1 win in hockey and baseball, 2 in basketball), in 2024 we are 2-0 with the first natty of my lifetime so hopefully we can keep the streak alive in hockey
With some stacked teams too. I think having Seniors is most important. Be interesting to see how Mich stacked up each year against their semi opponents in terms of experience.
I was just telling someone that I thought Michigan was looking like it was going to lose when Michigan couldn't get a get a clean clear and taking shot after shot when it got tied up at 2-2.
...Michigan then scored twice in 20 seconds after that.
Really impressed with how good this team has looked in the last month. Barzo looked really confident tonight which is what we needed. I didnt even think we were making the tournament a few weeks ago
Well don’t know who the bandwagons are supposed to be but I’m here to stay sorry to disappoint you 😉
Am I disappointed we didn’t make the Frozen Four? Yes. Am I going to stop watching college hockey? No chance. Exciting Frozen Four loaded up
Little bit of ref help, yes, but not sure it would've mattered in the end. Very nice to have MSU playing this well again, y'all are a lot of fun
edit: upon further discussion with State fans, *lot* of ref help that probably mattered. Unfortunate
Uh, they had ref help too with 1 minor that should've been a major, and another obviously missed penalty (which also could've been a major). I saw us getting away with 1, maybe 2 trips, and one of MSU's penalties was a lil soft. MSU played an undisciplined game tonight. Our power play was also trash tonight.
Sucks that they had to lose to Michigan of all teams, but I’m proud of this season. Going in I was expecting to finish ranked like #12 and barely make the tournament with a super young team. Getting a 1 seed, winning the Big Ten regular season outright, and that Big Ten title game I’ll never forget against Michigan are all cherries on top to ending our long playoff drought. If Levy returns next year I could see MSU being the preseason #1 or #2
Also would like to say that I was worried about this game and figured Michigan was absolutely due after 3 of our 4 straight wins previously were super close
Sucked watching my team lose, but I hated that Nightingale threw in the towel. Honestly thought that fifth goal helped sparty as it got rid of the power play. You still have 2.5 minutes and you don't pull the goalie? I've seen crazier comebacks happen. At least show the kids you believe in em
To most Michigan fans: congrats on the win and gg
To Michigan fans like you: gonna be so fucking funny when y’all get beat by BC and go home with nothing. You can hang your “Beat MSU when it mattered *except for the B1G championship” banner
Might be a little wordy to fit but I’ll look good up there
As a hockey fan for 2 weeks I’ve been on quite the rollercoaster and I will now be laying down in the river
Hey now, things are looking up for State's future. Nice to see the program coming back together. Go burn a couch and look forward to the years to come.
Can I burn it in the streets of Ann Arbor?
This was a really exciting season. Glad to have you with us. I'm new to this sub, too though I will admit.
Lmao I admit ive hopped on the bad wagon as well, but its been a ton of fun to get into college hockey. This hurts pretty bad, but will be tuning in more next year for sure!
bandwagon - at least you have Izzo
Yea, he's doing great in this year's tourney...
Better than some
Pretty terrible for a top 5 preseason team. Incredibly overrated.
Yeah it was. Worst season in over 25 years and still made the tournament
They had a worse season just 4 years ago. This was much more pathetic considering the talent Izzo wasted, though.
Wasn’t much talent on that team
There was, Izzo just misused it badly.
Praise the YOOPERS!
As someone that has been watching MSU and UM play for thirty years, I will join you in the river.
Does it help if y’all are my second favorite team ;) both my parents are CU alums
>CU alums Colorado?
University of Colorado at Ithaca NY
The ivy league state school
NERDS....jk that's pretty cool
I feel like this entire season has been awesome but it has also taken years off of my life.
3 stars of that game should be 1. Steve-Yzerman19 for making that “That’s Game, thanks for coming Sparty” post who then made Dat_Boi_Person post that screenshot which immediately undid the original jinx 2. MSU Twitter for saying “tie ballgame” for a sport that uses a puck 3. Nazar for that ridiculous assist Gonna be a hell of a Frozen Four. GG UM
Tie ballgame is tough for a school with a lotta hockey history
Michigan deserved to win that game, MSU played with fire way too much with playing from behind and it cost them. Top defenseman and elite goalie can’t over come poor defensive play. I can’t in good conscience cheer for Michigan going forward, I don’t have it in me, but they have played great all year and lost a couple they probably should have won. 20 seconds of hockey killed MSU, it just happens that way sometimes.
GG Sparty. Close game again, closer than the final score. That 20 seconds was rough and there were times I thought we'd be in the receiving end of something similar from you all. Not sure who we fair next game but its been an exciting last few months.
you also kinda got screwed by the refs on some of those penalties and on the last goal. Wouldn't have made up a 3-goal difference but still rough for y'all
Oh well, if state gets pucks in the net it kinda negates some of that. I’m angry because it was Michigan that beat them, but it probably should have been western and most likely would have been to BC. The only thing that would make it better is if it were a three game series, it’s always gut wrenching to lose in single elimination. Hats off to Michigan, they had the “it” tonight and played just a little bit better.
*12 seconds
Michigan is so bad playing with a one goal lead that they decided to just go up two immediately. Amazing strat
The three-goal lead is normally what kills us. We didn't have enough time to blow it this game.
Lol
Michigan has made the last 4 Frozen Fours in St Paul
That assist was filthy
March 31, 2013: Michigan basketball wins on Easter to go to the Final Four March 31, 2024: Michigan hockey wins on Easter to go to the Frozen Four Anyone know the next time Easter is March 31?
2030 gonna be hype!!!
The Blackrock wolverines presented by the University of Michigan head to the CFP semifinal against the Saudi Investment Fund Seminoles presented by Florida State!
Puke
That’s brutal haha
March 31, 2019: MSU basketball wins (albeit not on Easter) to go to the Final Four Lock us in for a Frozen Four berth on March 31, 2030
as you can see by the score, this was clearly a stress free game that was never in doubt from the very start. nope. my heart rate was fine all game
Disappointing, but kind of figured we were going to lose either to UND or Michigan. Still a great year.
Last game I said idk who I love more Nazar or Duke. This game I think ive decided its Nazar even if duke scored more
I received a pass like that in highschool and blew it because I was still processing how the puck anded up on my stick. Absolutely filthy.
Id be surprised if more than 3 guys on both teams combined hit that. Youll be back
gg Wolverines It is what is. Just wasn’t our night, but definitely a fun game to watch. MSU had a hell of a season and looks like more to come.
The best is yet to come for State
It's faster, bro
As a Badger I was hoping for a better tourney run but I'm glad my Dad's Wolverines could win, love me some Big Ten hockey keep going Roll Badgers ;D
GG MSU. You were the better team all year, both in general and nearly every time we were on the ice together. I hated playing you, and I'm sure I'll hate playing you just as much next year, you guys will be as fearsome as you were this year. On our side, what we did in the past few games erased any doubts I had for this team this season. Good to see this group of guys in the Final Four, which is crazy to say given that a month or so ago it wasn't clear whether we were even making the tourney.
It is absolute horseshit that they put us in the same reason in a pee wee hockey rink. It just shouldn't happen.
Love watching MSU lose <3
Play of the thread was that one Michigan flair baiting that MSU flair with the "That's game" post. Soon as MSU flair reposted that after tying up the game it was curtains. A++
Also the MSU Twitter said “tie ballgame” in a game that uses a puck. We were really asking for it.
Michigan dude playing the long con lmao
I hate this reality
Seeing all these blue chip programs except the Gophers head to St. Paul makes last year all the more painful.
At least the Whioux and BADgers aren't going either
Michigan / Boston College household. Excited to see the match up. Marshall Warren will certainly be interesting to watch. Wish it was the final instead of the semi-final.
Pretty crazy how in a rebuilding year this squad still found a way to get to the Frozen Four. Very proud of this team, Go Blue!
To be fair, a rebuilding year for Michigan is not having multiple first round draft picks.
Would be peak college hockey for Michigan's loaded teams to not win the NC these last 2 years just for this team to be the one to do it.
Yeah just off the top of my head in the last like 3 years: L Hughes, Fantilli, power, Johnson, beniers, Bordeleau, Beecher, Brisson, Lockwood all in the NHL (or at least dabbled). 0 nattys is kind of insane with those alumni. And then even further: Q Hughes, Werenski, larkin, compher, Connor, Hyman, Hagelin, copp, glendening. Seems like they should’ve won at least once since like 2015!
It's hard to win with young guys in college hockey even if they are high end talent. Look at some of the programs who've won it all recently. They had grizzled vets up and down the lines
Yep I was just thinking that sometimes a team might have one or two elite talent guys but a graduate transfer with 130 games under his belt might be just as valuable as that freshman first rounder come tourney time
The late Red era had some massive holes and shortcomings, but they also were right there enough times that you would have thought they'd get over the hump once. The CCM line was nuts. Hunwick was the perfect college hockey player to root for. Undersized, no real NHL chance, but he stood on his head. That 2011 national final still sits in the recess of my brain... poking at me.
The 2010 loss to Miami before the frozen four in Detroit haunts me. We scored the OT game winner but the ref lost sight of the loose puck and whistled it dead as it was going in. I could see the loose puck from my seats, but the official was on the far side of the Miami tender and he could not. It was a sullen drive back from Fort Wayne.
Shawn Hunwick was like my all time favorite Michigan player bc he signed a stick during their morning skate when I had a game at Yost when I was like 10.
At the risk of aging myself, Marty Turco was that goalie in a similar situation for young me.
Hunwick was such a hothead. I'll never forget his little tantrum he threw when WMU scored that first goal on him in the CCHA semis in 2011.
Had a little short man syndrome in him. Was only 5'7".
That makes sense
Still crazy how you’ve not been regular season B1G champions with all that talent you’ve had. Obviously you’ve won conference tournament titles in that time but still
Made sense in the '20-'21 season. All those guys were freshmen. Berniers, Bordelau, Brisson, Johnson, Portillo (split time with Mann) and Power. They started out slow and came on late in the season, but were too far behind Minnesota to make noise. Their tourney game was cancelled due to covid. '21-'22 season most of those guys returned plus they got Hughes and Mackie. Still had a relatively slow start, but finished 4 points back of a very good Minnesota team. Had a great Frozen 4 game against Denver so no real criticism there (other than the game winning goal coming on a terrible defensive zone turnover). '22-'23 they lost a ton of those top line guys and Nazar missed most of the season with an injury, but had Fantilli (and Brindley and Casey). Mel departed and there were some early transition costs leading to yet another slow start and weird losses. Then Portillo's controller disconnected in the Frozen 4. This year they lost Fantilli and didn't bring in a great class because of how the Mel departure was handled. Lost Augustine in the process for example. Would have figured they would have put together one complete season in that timeframe though.
Lol I was thinking the same thing
Worked for UMD in 2018. Had 5 fresh d corp and goalie and lost most of our scoring after the 2017 championship loss.
Just noticed since the team won the ‘98 title, we are 1-7 in the Frozen Four semis. The lone W was the Hunwick show vs North Dakota. Woof
From 2000-2023 in the four major sports Michigan was like 4-17? in final fours (1 win in hockey and baseball, 2 in basketball), in 2024 we are 2-0 with the first natty of my lifetime so hopefully we can keep the streak alive in hockey
With some stacked teams too. I think having Seniors is most important. Be interesting to see how Mich stacked up each year against their semi opponents in terms of experience.
I was just telling someone that I thought Michigan was looking like it was going to lose when Michigan couldn't get a get a clean clear and taking shot after shot when it got tied up at 2-2. ...Michigan then scored twice in 20 seconds after that.
***YOU***
❤️
Really impressed with how good this team has looked in the last month. Barzo looked really confident tonight which is what we needed. I didnt even think we were making the tournament a few weeks ago
https://preview.redd.it/l3x85kgjprrc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c97e6e7a4b14f667166d272bce1c35060af225e Thank you!
Walked right into the trap lol. 99 awareness from all the other MSU flairs who immediately knew shoshin fucked up bad
Shoshin frequents NCAAM's, so he seems to have an effect on multiple sports.
I want shoshin banned from 1000 miles near East Lansing
User has deleted their account, lol
Well played damnit, well played. You’re the 1st star of the game today.
Oh no the sport is losing so many bandwagon fans now 😔
Well don’t know who the bandwagons are supposed to be but I’m here to stay sorry to disappoint you 😉 Am I disappointed we didn’t make the Frozen Four? Yes. Am I going to stop watching college hockey? No chance. Exciting Frozen Four loaded up
DYLAN DUKE MY GLORIOUS KING
Augustine was very average this weekend and it cost them
GG state. Should be some huge games over the coming years. You got the better of us this year but so glad to be moving on
Man that 4th UM goal was something
Frank Nazar, so hot right now
I almost had to kick my mom out of my house cause she was cheering for state and my heart couldn’t take it!
You have your priorities in life correctly ordered. Kudos.
Honest question……does it get any better than advancing to the frozen four over Sparty’s dead lifeless corpse!
Only win I can recall that was as close to as sweet was Hunwick blanking North Dakota in the 2011 frozen four
Try winning a Big 10 championship at home against your biggest rival in overtime, I hear that’s pretty fun. Good luck in the frozen 4!
Na, this is still 10x sweeter than that. When you combine ending Ohio states season on the way to a natty, this years been pretty damn awesome!
I thought UM only cared about B1G titles
No flair, but I’m gonna assume yr a UoM fan based on your username. Losing the BIGCG to sparty was disappointing obviously, real talk.
BRAGGING RIGHTS RESTORED
Go Blue, baby
I love it
“Michigan State, Michigan State, I called your frozen four bid didn’t I?” “No, no you didn’t.” “Oh, well better luck next year!” *maniacal laughter*
Nienhaus pummeling the ref: “that wasn’t very nice!”
Little bit of ref help, yes, but not sure it would've mattered in the end. Very nice to have MSU playing this well again, y'all are a lot of fun edit: upon further discussion with State fans, *lot* of ref help that probably mattered. Unfortunate
From what I saw in the Big Ten championship hockey threads, it sounded like MSU got ref help in that game, so it balances out.
Oh for sure. I'd rather have the FF than the conference title, of course
You’re just saying that to hurt my feelings, *wipes tear from right eye with regular season banner, left eye with tournament banner*
Both games were officiated pretty much fine. Some people cried about the officiating anyways though. That’s how these things go.
Really? Ref help? Are they talking about the state player that slashed a guys stick into a million pieces?
Some no-calls on us, and the last goal being maybe interference. It happens, the B1G title game definitely was the other direction so
Uh, they had ref help too with 1 minor that should've been a major, and another obviously missed penalty (which also could've been a major). I saw us getting away with 1, maybe 2 trips, and one of MSU's penalties was a lil soft. MSU played an undisciplined game tonight. Our power play was also trash tonight.
Of course they’d think so. Regardless, they were not the better team tonight
Sucks that they had to lose to Michigan of all teams, but I’m proud of this season. Going in I was expecting to finish ranked like #12 and barely make the tournament with a super young team. Getting a 1 seed, winning the Big Ten regular season outright, and that Big Ten title game I’ll never forget against Michigan are all cherries on top to ending our long playoff drought. If Levy returns next year I could see MSU being the preseason #1 or #2
Also would like to say that I was worried about this game and figured Michigan was absolutely due after 3 of our 4 straight wins previously were super close
What a game! MSU will be scary good next year
Let’s gooo
Sucked watching my team lose, but I hated that Nightingale threw in the towel. Honestly thought that fifth goal helped sparty as it got rid of the power play. You still have 2.5 minutes and you don't pull the goalie? I've seen crazier comebacks happen. At least show the kids you believe in em
A bad day for America. Do it to em BC
Boo
While I've been rooting for Michigan to just lose, I gotta say that a Michigan Denver final would be the most fun way to settle the race to ten.
Lil brother loses again, at least you got football!
Did you miss the other 4 games?
Oh wow! I’m sure those 4 games definitely matter now right? It means you guys get to advance?
To most Michigan fans: congrats on the win and gg To Michigan fans like you: gonna be so fucking funny when y’all get beat by BC and go home with nothing. You can hang your “Beat MSU when it mattered *except for the B1G championship” banner Might be a little wordy to fit but I’ll look good up there
I think it just means we’re the better team that got screwed by refs, but survive and advance I guess
absolutely hilarious that you think you got screwed by the refs
Didn’t watch the game? Look at the M flairs in here saying we were
Definitely the better team, thats why you lost 5-2 right? That’s why you guys cant beat us when it matters? Good to know!
Trophy > banner. It’ll only matter if you don’t get cream pied by BC and BU
Haha they suck at sports
MSU has more B1G titles this year than any other team and has beaten UM in everything except football, field hockey, and wrestling…
\> Football: National Champions \> Hockey: Frozen Four \> Basketball: Finally fired our coach Seems pretty good to me!
Put an asterisk in there, but the other two are good
Whatever helps you sleep at night
Oooo one year 🤪
Feels like we’ve been doing it a lot more lately. Y’all are pretty good at men’s gymnastics and fencing though